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Former Chief Scientist at Yahoo Labs to Lead Technion-Cornell Institute
Academics multiply their impact as their students go out into the world, says Ronald J. Brachman. -
News
How Gopher Nearly Won the Internet
The humble computer protocol, developed by an upstart team of programmers at the University of Minnesota, paved the way for the online world of today, then quietly slipped back underground. -
News
For Research Assistants, NLRB Decision Marks a Big Win
Teaching assistants weren’t the only ones celebrating the National Labor Relations Board’s ruling in the Columbia University graduate-unionization case. -
What You Need to Know About the Past 7 Days
The University of Chicago took a stand against trigger warnings, while Georgetown University took steps to acknowledge a 19th-century slave sale, and the scholarly-journal giant Elsevier took out a patent that worries its critics. -
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What I’m Reading: Harper Lee’s 2 Novels
The late author’s books are a vehicle to discuss current race relations, says a university president. -
News
2005: A City and Its Colleges, Devastated
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s flooding, months of difficult efforts by colleges saved higher education in New Orleans. -
The Review
Are Students Humorless?
No, but like every generation before them, they find some subjects too fraught to laugh at. -
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Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (9/9/2016)
Top Chief Executives Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Bobby Phillis Appointments Ashley Aylett, candidate for a doctorate in community college leadership at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, to vice chancellor for academics at Cossatot Community College of… -
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Deadlines (9/9/2016)
Awards and prizes October 10: Humanities. The Austrian Cultural Forum New York is accepting submissions for the 2017 Translation Prize. A $5,000 award will be given for outstanding translations of contemporary Austrian literature (both poetry and prose). Selected texts from a living author have to… -
The Review
A Very Public Intellectual
The NEH’s chairman, Bro Adams, tries to make a case for the humanities. Is anyone listening? -
The Review
Piracy Fills a Publishing Need
If you’re outraged, consider workable alternatives in the legit market. -
Triggers and Speech
U. of Chicago’s Free-Expression Letter Exposes Fault Lines on Campus
Student, professors, and administrators at the university, which bills itself as a stalwart of vigorous intellectual debate, now find themselves split over definitions and principles. -
Academic Freedom
How the Salaita Incident Imperiled the Program That Tried to Hire Him
After revoking a job offer to Steven G. Salaita, in 2014, the University of Illinois’s flagship felt repercussions on a global scale. The dwindling fortunes of its American Indian-studies program show there were internal consequences, too. -
News
Is Anybody Reading the Syllabus? To Find Out, Some Professors Bury Hidden Gems
Professors have long struggled with getting students to read the syllabus thoroughly. Now they are trying different tricks to engage students. -
News
What One College Learned From Creating Housing for Recovering Addicts
Administrators at the College of New Jersey say they had to create an inclusive environment not only for those students but also for any students who choose to live substance-free. -
Research
Federal Prosecutors Join Fight Against Predatory Journals
The Federal Trade Commission, in its first such foray into scholarly publishing, has filed a civil complaint against one of the largest publishers of online science journals. -
Students
What’s the Right Public Message About Going to College?
Higher education is a good investment, on average, but some students leave it worse off than when they started. That makes giving general advice a challenge. -
Commentary
Academic Work Is Labor, Not Romance
The academy is merely another realm of economic life, the NLRB ruling tells us. It’s time to drop the sentimental pretensions. -
Race in Academe
The Real Story Behind the U. of Connecticut’s ‘Scholars House’
The university’s new residential community was created in an attempt to put more African-American men on a path to graduation. But some critics have depicted the program as a step toward segregating black students. -
Election 2016
College Republican Chapters Are Trying to Keep Trump From Tearing Them Apart
With the fall semester starting and the November election fast approaching, the chapters are withholding endorsements, focusing on down-ballot races, and sometimes even splintering. -
The Review
The Chomsky Puzzle: Piecing Together a Celebrity Scientist
Two new books try to take down the father of modern linguistics. Is this any way to treat an intellectual icon? -
Commentary
Why We Are Going to Duke
The president of Marist College defends his institution’s decision to play a basketball game in North Carolina, despite calls to boycott the state to protest its controversial “bathroom law.” -
Advice
The Changing Face of Scientific Collaboration
A spirit of collective enterprise in scientific research is being replaced by a rush to assign precise credit for who did what. -
On Leadership
Video: Adapting in Tough Times
Allison Garrett, president of Emporia State University, in Kansas, talks about how her institution is dealing with a challenging state budget.